A HackerNews clone, host it yourself.

In plain words

Helius is a self-hosted Hacker News clone built with PHP and EmberJS. It allows users to run their own news aggregation and discussion platform similar to Hacker News. The project is open source and available on GitHub, where developers can contribute to its ongoing development. It's designed for those who want to operate an independent community discussion site.

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